Economy

The Australian dollar plunged to a ten-month low on Thursday night, trading at just 97.46 US cents on Friday morning....

Quibbling over implementation details is threatening to derail a new, independent budget office for federal parliament. The office would provide...

Opposition leader Tony Abbott launched his response to the carbon tax bills today after yesterday staging a walk–out when the...

Amid rumblings from employer groups and hits from Tony Abbott about bringing back individual contracts, unions went on the front...

As Australia is about to make its first important step towards a zero carbon economy by introducing the carbon tax,...

Unions expressed disappointment today over the government’s refusal to back an inquiry into the ailing manufacturing sector. Some experts are...

The Australian government is being urged to adopt an open approach to resource mining by publicly declaring the pay it...

As Julia Gillard met with union heads and manufacturing industry leaders today in Canberra, economists of all stripes were expressing...

Over a thousand workers experienced the downside to our mining boom today, as BlueScope steel took an axe to its...

The global economy is changing, faster than it ever has in history. The economic giants of the US, Europe and...